ESWL done
Stone Fighter #9910E2May 13, 2026👁️ 853❤️ 157- Strategy
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Writing post ESWL experience.
I was able to do this without General Anesthesia or Spinal Anesthesia.
They used sedation and I was able to dooze off enough for it to not hurt or move enough that they’d need to do General Anesthesia. I don’t remember most of it
The DR confirmed my 6MM stone was broken into many smaller pieces from the procedure.
I will be chugging gatorade and water hoping of passage. I will be taking flowmax soon too once I can get the pharmacy.
I’ll write back in 2 weeks if I’m able to pass the smaller stones.
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Stone Fighter #D338D6Apr 25, 2026Great, I hope it will be ok (mine failed). GA is completely useless for this procedure, hopefully you only had sedation. Expect some stone symptoms but if if was broken well it should be mild, rooting for you Your stone was in distal ureter (I remember this topic on the sub)
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